Circus World
Ringer, Andrea![Circus World](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/454/45494955/CHSBZCOP0345494955.jpg)
From the 1870s to the 1960s, circuses crisscrossed the nation providing entertainment. A unique workforce of human and animal laborers from around the world put on the show. They also formed the backbone of a tented entertainment industry that raised new questions about what constituted work and who counted as a worker. Andrea Ringer examines the industry-wide circus world--the collection of shows that traveled by rail, wagon, steamboat, and c...